Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. Has $1.28 Billion Stock Position in Ford Motor (NYSE:F)

Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in Ford Motor (NYSE:F) by 5.3% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 129,106,379 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,497,321 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Ford Motor were worth $1,278,153,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in F. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV boosted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 26.6% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 24,903 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $263,000 after purchasing an additional 5,234 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 4.9% in the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 43,153 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $456,000 after purchasing an additional 2,004 shares during the last quarter. Pure Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 6.6% in the 3rd quarter. Pure Financial Advisors LLC now owns 16,096 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $170,000 after purchasing an additional 990 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 49.3% in the 3rd quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 998,712 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $10,546,000 after purchasing an additional 329,631 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. boosted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 4.0% in the 3rd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 3,805,352 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $40,185,000 after purchasing an additional 146,376 shares during the last quarter. 58.74% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on F shares. BNP Paribas raised shares of Ford Motor to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, February 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of Ford Motor from $14.00 to $13.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Wolfe Research reissued an “underperform” rating on shares of Ford Motor in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered shares of Ford Motor from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $11.00 target price on the stock. in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Bank of America cut their target price on shares of Ford Motor from $19.00 to $15.50 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ford Motor presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $11.89.

Ford Motor Stock Performance

F opened at $9.39 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.31. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $9.76 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $10.41. Ford Motor has a 1-year low of $9.10 and a 1-year high of $14.85. The company has a market cap of $37.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.43, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.63.

Ford Motor (NYSE:F) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The auto manufacturer reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.04. Ford Motor had a net margin of 3.18% and a return on equity of 16.88%. On average, analysts expect that Ford Motor will post 1.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Ford Motor Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were issued a $0.15 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.39%. Ford Motor’s dividend payout ratio is currently 41.10%.

Ford Motor Profile

Ford Motor Company develops, delivers, and services a range of Ford trucks, commercial cars and vans, sport utility vehicles, and Lincoln luxury vehicles worldwide. It operates through Ford Blue, Ford Model e, and Ford Pro; Ford Next; and Ford Credit segments. The company sells Ford and Lincoln vehicles, service parts, and accessories through distributors and dealers, as well as through dealerships to commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments.